Berghof na operowej scenie. Strategie adaptacyjne w „Czarodziejskiej Górze” Pawła Mykietyna do libretta Małgorzaty Sikorskiej-Miszczuk
Berghof on the Operatic Stage. Adaptive Strategies in Paweł Mykietyn’s “The Magic Mountain” to a Libretto by Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk

Summary/Abstract: This paper explores how Thomas Mann’s novel "The Magic Mountain" was adapted for the needs of Paweł Mykietyn’s opera to a libretto by Małgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk. Since a libretto’s primary function is to convey content, most attention has been devoted to that aspect of the opera, but the musical elements of the opera which complement the verbal content in a significant manner are also pointed out. Using Eugenio Spedicato’s typology of intermedial translation, elements adopted in a reduced form from the original have been indicated, such as the main plot axis, the relations between the protagonists and the representation of time in the music. New added elements include operatic amplifications such as the character of the American woman, the symbol of death in the form of an anaconda, and references to contemporary pop culture. The language of the libretto is also characterised in brief.

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